Pictured: Michael Mahaney, director of the B&ECPL; Michael Raab, deputy director of the county Department of Environment and Planning

In a program sponsored by the B&ECPL and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, your old cell phone can mean money for new books and programs at your local library.

Just bring your old cell phone to any of the libraries listed below, and that location will receive up to $3.00 per phone for new programming or materials. By recycling, we keep many hazardous wastes out of landfills, and refurbishing phones for reuse saves natural resources and energy.

And be sure to ask your librarian how you can find out more about recycling and the environment!

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Libraries continuing collection include:

• Brighton
• Central
• East Aurora
• Greenhaven
• Julia Boyer Reinstein
• Kenmore
• Kenilworth
• Marilla (through June)
• North Cheektowaga
• Orchard Park
• Parkside
• Reinstein Memorial
• South Cheektowaga
• West Falls

Sponsored by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and Erie County Department of Environment and Planning